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Prosecuting A Spam Artist

ronmon writes: "DSLReports has discovered evidence of a creative Spammer / Data Miner who has managed to glean email addresses from their member's information pages. Apparently someone has gotten around to writing a script that decodes obfuscated addresses like imasobATspam_centralDOTcom, which was only a matter of time. Server logs show well over half a million requests from several IPs in a specific block and they have been advised that they are in a good postion to prosecute. They're asking for legal help, so any of you good hearted lawyers out there looking to boost your karma, here's your chance :)"

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  1. Re:A suggested solution by mosch · · Score: 3, Insightful
    That's a great way to make your site less accessible to people with disabilities. You've succesfully made it so people with visual disabilities cannot get your email address.

    Your solution breaks the web even more than it's already broken, as a blind person, I find your idea contemptable.